I admire your loyalty to your form factor. And last year's Torch design represents RIM wanting to provide keyboard loyalists with larger screen for browsing and media.
Nevertheless the debate of physical keyboard vs touchscreen is over. Consumers have voted with their money--touchcreen won in slab or candybar form factor. RIM recognized this trend so first superphone will be slab-what the market wants.
Bold type form factor users are becoming a minority. To attract new users, RIM must sell more Torch type and slab type devices.
I think consumers have voted with their money because that is what media pushes and tells everyone that's what they want.
Or they could just like em. Same as many still want that RIM keyboard and not that htc, Motorola, whatever else keyboard.
